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Eire Grate.

Patented Sept. 25, 1847.

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EVENS BACKUS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.'

FIRE-Gnarls.

i Specification of Letters Patent No.y 5,307, dated September 25, 1847.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, EvENs BAcKUs, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fire-Grates and Radiators Connected Therewith, and that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the principle or character which distinguishes it from all other things -before known and of the manner of making, constructing, and using the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specication,`in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the grate with one radiator only attached, the otherj heat, smoke, &c. is turned into the side jambs as indicated by the red arrows and pass out through a hole (e) in the front of the amb to which an oblique pipe is fitted which conveys it intova radiator or drum in whichthere is a partition (h.) shown in the drawing by dotted lines, that cau'ses it to .descend to near the bottom, thence it ascends and passesbackinto the chimney through another oblique pipe (i). These radiators (g), of which there are two, are four sided prisms having an dsuitable ornament thereon; and are placed one on each side of the chimney piece they stand on legs, and through themy pass two or more pipes (7c) open at top and bottom through which the air of the The combination of the removable radiators with a common open fire grate provided with doors substantially in the mannerl herein vdescribed and for the purposes set forth.'

EVENS BACKUS.

Witnesses:

J. D. W. BRINCKERHOFF, TIMOTHY HUMPHREVILLE. 

